A review of barriers and enablers to diagnosis and management of persons with dementia in primary care

Canadian Geriatrics Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Aminzadeh, Faranak ^a   Molnar, Frank J ^b   Dalziel, William B ^c   Ayotte, Debbie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis and management; Health care utilization; Intervention studies; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885465301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19258348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5770/cgj.15.42     Document Type: Review

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